#8CA253#8CA253

#8CA253 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.108 H 122.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CA253
RGB	rgb(140, 162, 83)
HSL	hsl(77, 32%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(77, 49%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.6%, 0%, 48.8%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.38, -20.52, 38.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.38, 43.44, 118.18°)
OKLab	oklab(67.72% -0.0575 0.0916)
OKLCH	oklch(67.72% 0.108 122.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.2970, 32.0406, 13.0337)
Luminance	0.3204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CA253 #6953A2

analogous

#A29053 #8CA253 #64A253

triadic

#8CA253 #538CA2 #A2538C

tetradic

#8CA253 #53A290 #6953A2 #A25364

square

#8CA253 #53A290 #6953A2 #A25364

split-complementary

#8CA253 #5364A2 #9053A2

monochromatic

#46512A #697A3E #8CA253 #A8BA78 #C2CFA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#8CA253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.41

#8CA253 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CA253

7.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CA253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CA253	1.00	2.83	7.41	7.41
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9A4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79957

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#929B90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ca253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 162, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.108 122.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afbd85',
    500: '#8ca253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ca253;
$custom-light: #afbd85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ca253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.709,
    "s": 32.245,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67715,
    "c": 0.10814,
    "h": 122.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CA253

secondary

#A095BC

accent

#5FC87D

background

#FAFBF8

surface

#F5F6EF

border

#CFD0CA

text

#10120B

muted

#7F817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CA253

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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